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No. 65.021. Patented May 21, 1867.

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HENRY SIPE, OF SIP E SVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. Letters Patent No. 65,021, dated May 21, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEIGH-ISRAKES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 4

Be it known that I, HENRY SIPE, of Sipesville, in the county of Somerset, and State of Pennsylvania,

7 have invented certain new;and useful Improvements in Sled and Sleigh-Brakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,

making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur."

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and' use my invention, I will proceed to-describe it.

My invention consist-s of an improved brake/for sleds or sleighs, to prevent themn while travelling on snow or ice, from slipping or sliding on inclines, as well as to be stopped or regulated in thelir movement.

Figure 1 represents agsectional view. v

Figure 2 represents a top plan view.

In both figures, t. represents the pole or tongue; b, a rock-shaft; 0, arms on the rock-shaft; cl, the brakes; e, front beam between the runners; f, staple and guide for the pole; g, guide and guard for'the pole; It, beam of thefront bench; 2', knees of front benchj p, joints in the arms of the rock-shaft; 7c, the bearings of the rockshaft; Z, pin in the pole; m, pin in the rock-shaft; n, runners; 0, lower ends of thebrakes,

In constructing the arrangement to operate my brakes, Imake the pole at long enough to pass over the beam 0, and to pass on the under sideof the beam h and beyond it. In the end of the pole a projecting beyond the beam h I make a slot, and through this slot pass two bolts transversely. In the rear of the beam It I place a rock-shaft, I), having its bearings le -attached to the knees 2'. This shaft I place low enough to allow the pole a, passing on the under side of the beamk, to work it. Between the bolt-s in the slot of the pole I pass another bolt or pin, m, and fasten it into the rock-shaft. This pin I make long enough to bear against the rear side of the beam 7t when the pole moves forward. In this way, by means of the pin m and the bolts in the slot of the pole a, I make a joint for moving and limiting the movement of the rock-shaft b, and the backward and forward -movement of the pole a. Near the ends of the rock-shaft b- I attach arms a, and to the ends of the arms 0 theibrakes d, by the joints p, placing the arms in such a way that the brakes-connecting with them may pass through the centre of the'runners n. I bevel the ends 0 of the brakes on the rear side, so that the sleigh or sled may be backed. In the pole at I place apim, Z, which, inbearing against the staplef, and inconnection with the pin m in the rock-shaft, when hearing against the beam it, limits the forward movement of the pole at and shares the strain when the sled or sleigh is drawn forward. It isobvious that the rock-shaft may be locatednear the second or third bench of the sled or sleigh, or at at any distancedesired from the end of the pole, and

connect with it either directly or by means of a link.

Having thus constructed the arrangement for my brakes, the, manner of their operation will be readily understood. As sledsor sleighs, in moving on inclines, tend to slip or slide or run forward, the pull-back of the pole or tongue at once turns therock-shaftandforces the brakes below the shoes of the runners and into the snow, and prevents the slipping, sliding, or forward movement to which they are liable.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, is The rock-shaft b and arms or elbow-levers ea, in combination with the brake-bars d d and pole or tongue (1, arranged and operated substantially as described.

' HENRY SIPE.

Witnesses HENRY W. Goon, FRANKLIN GAUNT. 7 

